The Best of Reason: The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction
American history is often a story of people leaving to try to build their voluntary utopias.

This week's featured article is "The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction" by M. Nolan Gray.
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And full of homeless tents and meth addicts.
So urgent they can't close down the bus stop until April 2nd!
It seems like a trick. That bus stop has been notorious for years. The idea that it got extra dangerous last weekend is dubious. It's dangerous, and all they need to do is police it.
Breaking: Trudeau in Canada hanging by a thread.